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Why are our communities paying massive climate costs while dirty energy companies pocket the profits? That's bad for taxpayers, public safety and the planet. Communities in BC, Canada are working to Sue Big Oil. www.suebigoil.ca.

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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So far so good. US Supreme Court Justices ask questions probing Big Oil’s arguments. #ClimateJustice.
lawdork.com
Oil companies face a skeptical SCOTUS in their effort to stop Boulder’s climate change lawsuit
With Justice Alito recused, eight justices questioned if they should be hearing the case and pushed back on Suncor Energy and Exxon Mobil’s broad constitutional arguments.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We’ll be watching. #SueBigOil
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great news for Boulder, Colorado’s climate lawsuit. #SueBigOil
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The fossil fuel industry has “captured control of too many governments,” says Al Gore. Correct! Time to #SuueBigOil
theguardian.com
Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’
Former US vice-president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A climate accountability lawsuit from three young Canadians, @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @cape-acme.bsky.social has cleared a major hurdle. A federal judge has ruled the case can proceed. #ClimateJustice
cbc.ca
Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News
A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.
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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The federal government has exempted a range of major projects from #impactassessment, including pipelines, transmission lines & many #fossilfuel projects – part of its ongoing agenda to roll back key enviro safeguards. Read about Ottawa's latest move to weaken oversight below. #cdnpoli
wcel.org
The end of independent pipeline reviews? Carney’s deregulation drive has eradicated federal assessments
On September 3, the federal government quietly made one of the most consequential environmental deregulation decisions in recent Canadian history.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
At next week's UBCM conference one of the resolutions up for consideration is NR32: Pursuing a Class-Action Lawsuit Against Fossil Fuel Companies, which urges the province to take a leadership role in pursuing legal action to recover climate damages from fossil fuel companies.
suebigoil.ca
Tell your local government: Make polluters pay – Let's Sue Big Oil
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 10/09/2026
We just lived through the hottest summer on record. 🫠 As Exxon executives were warned in 1984, “We can either adapt our civilization to a warmer planet or avoid the problem by sharply curtailing the use of fossil fuels.” Big Oil companies knew, but lied. They must be held accountable.
axios.com
Axios PM - 🌡️ Hottest summer on record
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s an unstoppable movement. Even Alberta farmers are fed up with Big Oil failing to fully fund a clean-up of abandoned wells. They’re aiming their case at the Alberta Energy Regulator. Sue Big Oil will go after the biggest polluters instead. #MakePollutersPay
theglobeandmail.com
Alberta landowners take energy regulator to court over orphan well levies
Group argues levy for oil and gas companies is so low it chronically underfunds clean-up program for old wells with no owners
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Sue Big Oil is at Car Free Day in Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Lots of support for making polluters pay!
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This report confirms earlier predictions about the severe damages Canadians are experiencing from climate change. Stop the fossil fuel madness. #SueBigOil #MakePollutersPay
theglobeandmail.com
Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation
From retreating glaciers to wildfires and marine heat waves, climate change will likely become even more pronounced, assessment finds
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 03/09/2026
The world is choking on plastic, and Big Oil and the plastics industry know they’re to blame. Here's the playbook they're using to escape accountability.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Now is the time we must double down on climate action.” — António Guterres, UN Secretary-General. That requires an end to burning fossil fuels and holding polluters to account. We can do it! #SueBigOil
un.org
'Fight for humanity': Avoiding a climate catastrophe means acting now | United Nations
2 September 2026 - Record heat waves, deadly flooding and extreme weather reflect an ever-warming planet poised to soon breach safe temperature limits, according to a UN report released on Tuesda...
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@traceysaxby.bsky.social explains why B.C. needs to make the connection between soaring climate costs and burning fossil fuels.
vancouversun.com
Opinion: B.C.'s wildfires and fossil fuels: We need to connect the dots
Wildfire is a public cost of climate change yet there's no provincial acknowledgment they're exacerbated by domestic fossil fuel production
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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We’ll be at Garlic Fest in Richmond talking about @suebigoil.bsky.social — a bold campaign to make polluters pay their fair share of climate costs. Check it out! 📍 2771 Westminster Hwy (10–3pm) 🔗 www.sharingfarm.ca/garlicfest #SharingFarm #RichmondGarlicFest
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We’re already dealing with the rising costs of climate change in our daily lives. Make Big Oil pay for its share of the damage. #SueBigOil
theglobeandmail.com
Not addressing climate change costs the economy more. When will we finally get this?
Recent analysis found that global GDP per capita would be more than 25 per cent higher today had no warming occurred
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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
As wildfires burn across Canada and around the world, communities are once again confronting the realities of a changing climate. Join us on 8/26 at 12pm PST for a free webinar exploring how we can protect our communities on an overheating planet. RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Free webinar - August 26, 2026, 12pm PST
Red tinted image of a forest fire with helicopter dumping water
Title: Protecting our communities in a world on fire
Headshots of John Vaillant - Kelsey Winter - Carly Phillips
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 07/08/2026
As the climate crisis escalates, U.S. natural gas production is nearing record highs. 😑 CCI’s latest investigation by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social and @rebleber.bsky.social exposes how Big Oil and Gas sold the myth of "clean" natural gas — paving the way for a radical expansion that continues today.
kalw.org
How big oil manufactured the myth of "clean" natural gas
A new report reveals that oil and gas companies knew by the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while peddling the myth of "clean" natural gas.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 07/08/2026
Experts on Big Oil's climate deception are urging SCOTUS to let Boulder’s case proceed. 👏 Exxon and Suncor's deception helped preserve “demand for fossil fuel products by delaying public understanding and acceptance of climate science," wrote @naomioreskes.bsky.social and others in a legal brief.
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 07/08/2026
As wildfires burning across Europe displace hundreds of thousands, the European Central Bank and EU insurance regulator are calling on Brussels to set up an EU-level reinsurance program and a public natural disaster fund to protect citizens from soaring rates and shore up local government budgets.
politico.eu
Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare
Frequent, expensive natural disasters are testing Europe’s ability to protect itself against the cost of global warming.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Raking in windfall profits while the world burns. Time to #SueBigOil.
theguardian.com
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
At least 5 U.S. climate lawsuits brought against fossil fuel companies have proceeded to the discovery stage, the last major step before a trial, when oil executives would be forced to defend their actions in front of a jury...They're panicking. grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters 'panic mode'
With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Sue Big Oil is closely watching Boulder, Colorado’s important case against corporate deception. Citizens want their day in court. Big oil wants to shut it down. #SueBigOil #MakePollutersPay
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 27/07/2026
These are not just fires. These are not just heatwaves. These are not just smoky skies. These are climate disasters that Big Oil knew decades ago would become more deadly and destructive if we kept burning fossil fuels. Instead of warning the public, Big Oil lied. There must be accountability NOW.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Across Canada, summer has become a season of harrowing headlines & #climateimpacts – from #heatwaves and record-breaking #wildfires to intense storms and flooding in multiple provinces. 🧵#extremeweather #climatechange
cbc.ca
What's behind all the wild weather in Canada this summer? | CBC News
Many climate monitors have been predicting an extra-strong El Niño this year that's expected to peak in the winter. But the summer season has already brought weather-related chaos and even devastation...
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
They knew. They lied. #SueBigOil #MakePollutersPay
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
You’re already paying more insurance due to intense storms caused by climate change. We got here by burning oil and gas. Stop the madness. #SueBigOil
cbc.ca
How extreme weather makes life more expensive for Canadians | CBC News
Wildfires in B.C. and the Northwest Territories. Floods in Manitoba. Heat waves in Eastern Canada. And it’s only early July. Such events are devastating for the people and communities affected. They’r...
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 20/07/2026
NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
climateintegrity.org
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Big Oil is lashing out at respected U.S. scientists for saying extreme event attribution, or EEA, now allows us to investigate how human-caused climate change increases floods, storms and heatwaves. Here’s what the researchers found:
nationalacademies.org
The Science of Extreme Event Attribution — Which Analyzes Climate Change’s Influence on Specific Weather Events — Has Advanced, But Challenges Remain
A new report from the National Academies provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of extreme event attribution (EEA) — a scientific field that analyzes whether and to what exten...
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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're tabling at @vanfolkfest.bsky.social this weekend! You'll find us in the Community Village section between the main stage and the south stage. Come say hi and chat with us about our Marine Protection, Strong Environmental Laws, and @suebigoil.bsky.social work. Hope to see you there 👋
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
IMPORTANT: “For decades, fossil fuel companies have hidden behind a simple defence: we only produce the product. The driver filling a tank…they are the ones burning it, not us. The Paris court has now dismantled that argument. The consumer alibi, the industry’s most lucrative fiction, is over.”
euobserver.com
As Europe swelters, Paris judges say consumers aren’t to blame — TotalEnergies is
A Paris judicial tribunal has just ruled on a case brought against TotalEnergies by environmental groups and the City of Paris. The judgment does not halt the company's fossil-fuel expansion. But it d...
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 30/06/2026
"On this heating planet, climate disasters cause an average of $150 billion in damage every year. Who is going to pay for all that?" asks @robverchick.bsky.social. Big Oil should pay. That's who.
thehill.com
Climate accountability deserves its day in court
For years, lawyers working for the fossil fuel industry have done everything in their power to keep state courts from weighing the factual evidence in climate accountability cases. During just the …
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We’re all paying more because of climate change while fossil fuel companies make a killing. Time to make polluters pay. #SueBigOil
bloomberg.com
What Climate Change Costs You at the Checkout
The higher temperatures climb, the more inflated household costs like groceries will become, economists predict.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This Thursday, join an action near you and call on your MP to sign an MOU with the people! 350.org/mou/?r=CA&c=... @350canada.bsky.social
350.org
The People's MOU Day of Action - June 25, 2026
The federal government is handing Big Oil everything on their wish list but we're rising up to fight back. On June 25th, communities across Canada will rise up and call on MPs to sign a People's MOU:...
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Join @commonhorizoncommun.org Victoria and @350canada.bsky.social in marking the 5th Anniversary of the start of the 2021 Heat Dome at @wgreaves.bsky.social 's office! (Check back to confirm time) Find out more about the People's MOU day of action at 350.org/mou/?r=CA&c=NA #yyj #bcheat #cdnpoli
Event graphic for People's MOU action at MP Will Greaves office at 852 Fort St. on June 25th. Check back to confirm time!
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The BC government urging communities to stay alert to risks from climate change...after de-funding programs that help communities prepare for climate change.🤨
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Join us for The Climate Costs We All Pay, a free webinar happening next Tuesday, June 23 at 7pm. RSVP here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Three young Canadians, alongside health and environmental organizations, are taking the federal government to court, arguing that Prime Minister Carney’s government no longer has a credible plan to meet its legally binding 2030 climate target. Learn more ⬇️ www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
cpac.ca
Environmental Groups Announce Lawsuit Over Fed. Climate Policy – June 16, 2026
At a press conference on Parliament Hill, environmental advocacy groups announce that they will bring a lawsuit against the federal government, on behalf of three youths, for allegedly violating the C...
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Fossil fuel interests are trying to cast doubt on a panel of U.S. academics before the release of a report on attribution science. That’s the research measuring how greenhouse gases make storms more intense, heatwaves more severe. Big oil is fighting for its life. #SueBigOil #ClimateJustice
politico.com
Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report
An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake.
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Guardian’s @dharna.bsky.social walk us through a fossil fuel-backed program that encourages U.S. judges to question climate science.
theguardian.com
The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A hopeful sign from municipal leaders across the country. “… Two thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas companies that could pay for massive amounts of climate friendly infrastructure.” - David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto
elbowsupforclimate.ca
Elbows Up For Climate - English - Elbows Up For Climate / Retroussons-nous les manches
We need nation-building, not nation-burning policies. Ahead of another summer of potential wildfires, floods, evacuations and storms, mayors and councillors across Canada gathered urgently to call for...
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West Coast Environmental Law @wcelaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Good news: after hearing from thousands of Canadians, the federal government has extended the deadline for public input on its planned environmental rollbacks until July 22. Public pressure is working.
wcel.org
Stop the Carney government's reckless deregulation agenda
Canada’s environmental safety net is under attack and we need your help The federal government is proposing a sweeping attack on our environmental safety net and we must put a stop to it. On May 8th, ...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Two-thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas, according to new polling data released today by Climate Caucus. www.theenergymix.com/excess-profi...
theenergymix.com
Excess Profits Tax on Oil and Gas Receives Majority Support from All Regions, Age Groups
Two-thirds of Canadians support an excess profits tax on oil and gas, according to new polling data released June 2 by Climate Caucus.
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Remember the deadly #heatwave that hit BC in June 2021, almost five years ago? Because of fossil fuel loving politicians, our planet has become even hotter and more dangerous. Your friends and family care, talk to them. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #yyj #bcpoli #cdnpoli #LaterIsTooLate
theguardian.com
Extreme heat in Europe ‘a brutal reminder’ of climate crisis, UN chief says
Simon Stiell said burning fossil fuels was driving intense heatwaves as UK and France broke temperature records on consecutive days
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Today Milieudefensie v Shell is in the Dutch Supreme Court. It's a hugely important case for those of us working to hold fossil fuel companies accountable. They are arguing that Shell must be required to meet concrete emissions reduction targets. en.milieudefensie.nl/news/milieud...
en.milieudefensie.nl
Milieudefensie and Shell meet at Supreme Court
The hearing in Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) climate case against Shell kicks off this Friday at the Dutch Supreme Court.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 20/05/2026
Mayor Ken Sim is once again trying to roll back one of Vancouver’s flagship climate policies and get polluting methane gas back into buildings. Today, Vancouver residents made their demands clear: they want fossil fuel lobbyists ❌ OUT ❌ of city hall. 🧵 #GreenSky
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Climate change is forcing Metro Vancouver to plan for costly upgrades to its drinking water system. Meanwhile, polling shows most British Columbians believe the biggest companies causing global warming should pay for their share of the damages. Time to #SueBigOil
cbc.ca
Metro Vancouver is running out of drinking water — and the solutions are interesting | CBC News
Despite being one of the wettest regions on Earth, climate change and high demand are expected to worsen water supply over the next century in Metro Vancouver.
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Solar and wind, now the cheapest forms of energy, account for just under nine per cent of electricity generation in Canada, well below the G7 average of 19 per cent.” Canada is falling behind … www.cbc.ca/news/science...
cbc.ca
The future of electricity is wind and solar, new report says. Canada is lagging is behind | CBC News
Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, preventing any increase in the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity and hig...
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Sue Big Oil @suebigoil.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New public polling released today shows most British Columbians are concerned about climate change, understand that it is driving up prices, and want the fossil fuel industry held accountable.
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